Westchester County has sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency asking for approval of its plan to bring Water District 1 into compliance with ultraviolet treatment requirements for drinking water. The county missed a 2012 deadline to bring White Plains and Scarsdale, two of the four towns in the… ?
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“There’s this pathological need on the second floor for exact control – control at a level that’s not really achievable, and not even healthy, over the long-term.” The Moreland mess was again addressed on ”Morning Joe,” with MSNBC host Ari Melber remarking on the “serious cloud hanging over the governor’s mansion.” Mediaite notes that CNN, which employs… …

A team of brave FDNY and EMS workers – including a quick-thinking rookie fire fighter with just two months on the job – who helped saved three kids in a burning building in Brooklyn were lauded today in City Hall. “This is an amazing moment, and one of… …

The head of a key state Senate committee has discussed the possibility of a probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of an anti-corruption commission, but said it’s likely the committee will wait until a federal prosecutor’s investigation is resolved. Sen. Carl Marcellino, who chairs the Senate Investigations and Government Operations… ?
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The wife of Moreland Commission co-chair William Fitzpatrick is up for reappointment as a state Court of Claims next year to a post that pays $165,350. Judge Diane Fitzpatrick, a Republican first appointed by Gov. George Pataki in 1998, would be reappointed to the position in 2015 if Gov. Andrew… ?
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Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe confirmed today that he was contacted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office on Monday about whether he would be willing to issue a statement that concurred with comments made earlier that day by Moreland Commission co-chairman William Fitzpatrick about the panel’s independence. But Zugibe, a… ?
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